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Just a guy. @UWaterloo Youth & Innovation Project Advisory Council. FOIPP-lord and policy pest.
Apr 21, 2021 13 tweets 5 min read
THREAD: Today, the PEI Legislative Assembly voted down the Election Age Act, which would have granted the right to vote to 16 & 17 year olds in provincial and municipal elections. Some thoughts… #peipoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/pr… 2. PEI was already a bit of a leader when it came to lowering the voting age—it was the first province to allow 16 & 17 year olds to vote through its Plebiscite on Democratic Renewal. The justification provided then applies today. docs.assembly.pe.ca/download/dms?o…